Veronica Escobar actually said...

"I apologize to you, your family and your staff for the sickening, breathtakingly xenophobic political theater that has occurred at this hearing."

"The best thing Congress can do today right now to help alleviate some of the horrors of human trafficking is pass immigration reform."

"It is clear that the policies championed by my Republican colleagues... have actually fueled human trafficking."

"Obviously when you cut off legal pathways... immigrants and refugees will seek irregular pathways making them vulnerable to human traffickers."